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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling released the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) added the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to its list of government programs identified as “high risk due to their greater vulnerability to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement or the need for transformation”. Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup of its oversight plan for the 113th Congress. Read more »

WASHINGTON- House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Bailout, Bust, or Much Ado About Nothing?: A Look at the Federal Housing Administration’s 2012 Actuarial Report.” Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) joined CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss the committee’s current hearing series on the state of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Hensarling also discussed what to expect from President Obama’s State of the Union Address tonight. Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing on the proper role of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in the nation's mortgage insurance market.  Today's hearing is the first in a series of hearings the committee plans on the FHA.    "Last week many of us awoke to… Read more »

Chairman Jeb Hensarling announced today that the Financial Services Committee will hold a series of hearings throughout the year that focus on the financially troubled Federal Housing Administration, the FHA’s outsized role in the nation’s housing finance system, and the need to create a sustainable mortgage finance system. The FHA’s single-family insurance fund, which insures more… Read more »

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the Federal Reserve’s announcement of continued monetary stimulus.  “Unfortunately, as evidenced by today’s announcement, the Federal Reserve continues to use expansive monetary policy to cover a multitude of fiscal policy sins.  “At a time… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's ruling on President Obama’s alleged “recess” appointments: "President Obama’s administration has too often demonstrated a disregard for legislative authority and the separation of powers. In making these appointments, he essentially… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today issued the following statement on President Obama’s nominations for Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “I congratulate Mary Jo White on her nomination and will be particularly interested to learn during her confirmation hearings how… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today announced subcommittee assignments for the panel’s Republican members. “Given the state of our struggling economy, the work of our committee and subcommittees has perhaps never been more important to hard-working taxpayers.  The fact is that during the past few years, we’ve seen a mind-numbing, innovation-choking,… Read more »